it helps them survive!!!
smell: smell the difference in things (useful to diferentiate, Locate, Identify)
hear: hear things like enemies (Enemies, Hazards around, Potential Mates,Locating Herds or Packs and Prey)
taste: eat food ( Taste is also used to identify Poisons, And Correct nourishment)
feel: touch things like to make a house (Feel affection, Test surroundings, Fashion Very Basic tools,Feel they prey as they hunt it for balance, get an idea of their size ((Most Animals dont understand mirrors))
see: see what they are doing so they don't harm themselves (Sight is used for Differentiating between things or groups, Hunting, Tracking, Avoidance, Mating, Hazard perception)
This is by NOOO means Exhaustive as Izdiz658 said they are all key to Survival, which every species wants, its pre-programmed!
♥♥♥♥♥Izdiz658 Details added by Paul Yer as Dingobot Suspected it contained Gibberish :)
They use senses to tell other animals if it needs help.
Nocturnal animals have incredible senses. Improved eyesight at night is a major one, they also have great hearing and sniffing senses.
all living things have senses.
All animals have at least 5 senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell) to varying degrees. Some animals, such as some species of snakes, have reduced or specialized senses, but they still have all five senses.
Raccoons have the same senses as most animals - vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch.
the answer to this very cool question is yes
some senses used by animals for migration are visual cues, solar navigation, magnetic fields, star navigation, and polarized light. There has been much evidence that magnetic fields play an important role in navigation.
Most animals use the senses of:HearingSightTouchTasteBody positionOrientation to the local gravity fieldHeat/ColdPainHunger
Edmund Thomas Burtt has written: 'The senses of animals' -- subject(s): Senses and sensation
they have a tail for balance
if someone or something lives without needing to use its eyes it's other senses are increased to help it survive
Animals have senses that humans don't have but like a shark it feels static a mile away.